Alan Clarke
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Clarke primarily worked for TV, writing and directing plays for Rediffusion, LWT, and the BBC. On film, he made only three features, the best known of which is the 1979 youth prison drama Scum, in fact an expansion of a Play for Today production.
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Movies (60)

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020 · Self – Director, 'Scum' (archive footage)

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Self (archive footage)

Director: Alan Clarke
1991

The Firm
1989 · Director

Elephant
1989 · Director

Road
1987 · Director

Christine
1987 · Director, Writer

Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987 · Director

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · Director

Contact
1985 · Director

Waterbag
1984 · Producer

Stars of the Roller State Disco
1984 · Director
The British Desk
1984 · Director

Made in Britain
1983 · Director
Brief Encounters
1983 · Director

Baal
1982 · Director

Psy-Warriors
1981 · Director

Beloved Enemy
1981 · Director
Vodka Cola
1980 · Producer, Director

Scum
1979 · Director

Nina
1978 · Director

Danton's Death
1978 · Director, Writer

Scum
1977 · Director

Bukovsky
1977 · Self - Interviewer (voice), Director, Producer

Fast Hands
1976 · Director

Diane
1975 · Writer, Director

Funny Farm
1975 · Director

A Follower for Emily
1974 · Director

Penda's Fen
1974 · Director

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
1973 · Director, Adaptation

Man Above Men
1973 · Director

Achilles Heel
1973 · Director

Horatio Bottomley
1972 · Director

A Life Is Forever
1972 · Director

To Encourage the Others
1972 · Director

Horace
1972 · Director

Under the Age
1972 · Director

Everybody Say Cheese
1971 · Director

The Hallelujah Handshake
1970 · Director

I Can't See My Little Willie
1970 · Director

Sovereign's Company
1970 · Director
The Comic
1969 · Director

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1969 · Director
The Ladies: Doreen
1969 · Director
The Ladies: Joan
1969 · Director
The Piano Tuner
1969 · Director
Stand by Your Screen
1968 · Director
Thief
1968 · Director
Nothing's Ever Over
1968 · Director
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday
1968 · Director
Stella
1968 · Director
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968 · Director
Goodnight Albert
1968 · Director
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1968 · Director
Sally Go Round the Moon
1968 · Director

George's Room
1967 · Director
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
1967 · Director

The Gentleman Caller
1967 · Director
A Man Inside
1967 · Director
Shelter
1967 · Director
TV shows (20)

ScreenPlay
1986 · Director, Writer

Alive from Off Center
1985 · Director

Screen Two
1985 · Director

Tales Out of School
1983 · Director

Plays for Britain
1976 · Director

Playhouse
1974 · Director

The Edwardians
1972 · Director

Play for Today
1970 · Director
Plays of Today
1969 · Director

The Gold Robbers
1969 · Director

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Director

The Company of Five
1968 · Director
A Man of our Times
1968 · Director

Half Hour Story
1967 · Director

The Informer
1966 · Director
Seven Deadly Sins
1966 · Assistant Unit Manager

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Director, Writer

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Director

The Wednesday Play
1964 · Director
Made in Britain
· Creator
